A buyer with a 15-year, $250,000 loan at a 5.5% interest rate has a monthly principal and interest payment totaling $2,042.71. What is the total amount of interest the borrower will pay over the course of the loan

Given:

Loan amount = $250000

Interest rate = 5.5%

Interest payment = $2042.71

To find:

Total amount of interest

Solution:

The total number of months in 15 years =

Total monthly payments will be

So, the total pay-backs will be $3,67,687.8

Total interest paid will be as follows,

On plugging-in the values in the above formula we get,

Therefore, the total amount of interest that the borrower will pay over the course of the loan is $1,17,687.80.

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